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- Fife
She's a blonde Scandinavian, of course she'd fücking get it.
Geronimo.
- Thread starter Castle Farm
- Start date
- Location
- South Molton
Assassination -murder by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons
is the latest one
Dare not look? Of course they b----y look! My neighbour has a dairy herd, when I bought the farm and fenced up for deer I deliberately kept my fences 6 foot in from the existing boundary fences to minimise the chances of transferal of disease; in either direction. Godsend for neighbour who now doesn't have to bother with replacing his rotten fences as he knows his stock can only go as far as my deer fence, and they do. So when he lost some cattle to TB I got a compulsory test as contiguous. All my deer passed ok.
Exfarmer
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- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
sorry I was thinking of the. Glad to hear you had no issues. wild deer
- Location
- Romney Marsh
Perhaps karma will prevail and the stupid woman and her supporters go down with TB.
The publicity from that will suddenly focus the minds of why TB infected animals and wildlife (badgers in particular) need to be controlled !!
Just for the people that don't know the facts, the alpaca was tested positive in 2017 and has taken 4 years to get to this final outcome That's one expensive animal !!
The publicity from that will suddenly focus the minds of why TB infected animals and wildlife (badgers in particular) need to be controlled !!
Just for the people that don't know the facts, the alpaca was tested positive in 2017 and has taken 4 years to get to this final outcome That's one expensive animal !!
- Geronimo is brought to England from New Zealand in August 2017 by his owner Helen Macdonald
- The alpaca twice tests positive for bovine tuberculosis in August and November that year
- He is put into isolation away from the rest of the herd at the farm in Wickwar
- The government applies for a court order in July 2018 to have him destroyed
- Geronimo is given a stay of execution, with a deadline of the end of August for his slaughter
- Ms Macdonald seeks a judicial review claiming new evidence shows the animal is healthy, marking the start of a series of lengthy legal battles
- In November, Ms Macdonald wins the right to a review at the High Court in London
- A hearing gets under way in March 2019 and Ms Macdonald claims government experts relied on "flawed science"
- The case is dismissed in July 2019
- Ms Macdonald starts an appeal and an order is made preventing Geronimo's death pending the application
- She takes out an emergency injunction to delay a warrant to cull the animal before an appeal hearing on 29 July 2021
- The case is once again dismissed. A judge agrees to delay the start of a second execution warrant until 5 August, which is later extended to 4 September
- Geronimo is euthanised on 31 August
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Yes,and the stupidity of not dealing with the root cause has created more stupidity.
Emotive,however the life of an infected alpaca cannot be treated any differently to the life of an infected cow.
However government policy is perpetuating and increasing spread of TB.
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They couldnt have made more of a circus about removing him today if they had tried, those that didnt want him removed and those removing him just added to the poor buggers distress. I think the whole sorry job was hijacked and animal welfare went out the window. If i had lost a court case over having an animal removed i would atleast made sure it went with the least amount of stress even if it was a bitter pill to swallow.
- Location
- somerset
lets hope she has to pay all the legal fees, that might make her wince a bit, though she will/has crowd funded it, bugger.
- Location
- North Somerset.
Who tipped off the press and why? Very few protestors on site so presumably there was no notice to the keeper otherwise rent a crowd would have turned up.
This suggests that there is a mole within DEFRA with an AR agenda.
This suggests that there is a mole within DEFRA with an AR agenda.
matthew
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- Location
- Cornwall, SW England
Only one???
Castle Farm
Member
Channel 4, BBC and ITV will make a series about him cause he's Black.
Helen will appear on Love Island and start presenting Cuntryfile.
This could run and run ..Unlike poor old Geronimo.
Helen will appear on Love Island and start presenting Cuntryfile.
This could run and run ..Unlike poor old Geronimo.
Black,now disabled…….permanently!
There have been people with cameras there every day since the last court case was lost. I think it is far more likely they were there until the bitter end to get the good shots. They wre deliberately obstructing when he was being herded to the pen.
I feel for the DEFRA staff today - imagine having to walk into that mess as part of your day job.
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Agreed
The most sensible thing would be for two DEFRA handlers / vets only to the alpaca and the police getting the press and "supporters" right away
- Location
- Romney Marsh
I actually had a DEFRA communications employee staying with me last week that was dealing with this.
It was very much in the remit that this animal was going to be put down and Number 10 was putting pressure on them to get it done.
Good first day back to work for her today !!
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- somerset
it should never have been allowed to take so long to finish, presumably covid delayed the 'legals', and it must have cost a fortune, who pays for that, hopefully her, but l doubt it.
There is enough publicity about it now, what the #### will happen, if, when cultured, it gives a negative result, doesn't really bear thinking about.
On the other hand, the publicity could bring the whole sordid job, of TB, out in the publics eye, that could easily go either way, positive or negative !
There is enough publicity about it now, what the #### will happen, if, when cultured, it gives a negative result, doesn't really bear thinking about.
On the other hand, the publicity could bring the whole sordid job, of TB, out in the publics eye, that could easily go either way, positive or negative !
Water Wheel
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He is put into isolation away from the rest of the herd at the farm in Wickwar
In the news clip I saw on BBC TV News a week or so ago Ms Macdonald maintained Geronimo was in isolation ,she was stood in the pen with him, another alpaca was the other side of a field gate along side him, then another field gate and fields, no barriers that I could see to stop badgers entering pen,
Does that count as isolation?